Three great money-saving ways to create your child’s World Book Day costume
WITH one week to go, have you got your child’s costume ready for World Book Day?
If not, don’t panic, there is no need to splash out for the event on March 2.
Here are some ideas to create a great look from existing clothes . . .
WORLD SPOOK DAY: If you have a Halloween outfit lurking at the back of the wardrobe, haul it out for a second lease of life.
A witch can be from Room On The Broom, a skeleton from Funnybones and a spider from Charlotte’s Web.
PROP-ER GOOD: Outfits can often be fashioned from existing clothing with a couple of easy props.
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Try blue denim dungarees with a white T-shirt plus little torch, and you’re from Tom Fletcher’s The Creakers.
Or a pair of black shorts, white T-shirt and black backpack can be the basis of an outfit from Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.
You could then use some black and white face paint.
An all-blue outfit can be turned into Mr Men’s Mr Bump by adding some bandages around the head and tummy.
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A pair of black dungarees and red striped top works for Tracy Beaker.
And a pair of checked or striped pyjamas can be used for David Walliams’ book The Midnight Gang.
Got a tutu? Add a pink top and you have Angelina Ballerina.
Draw whiskers and give your child a pink nose as a finishing touch.
GREAT ADAPTATIONS: If you do not mind sacrificing some old clothing, stick fake money on to a white T-shirt and add grey trousers for a Billionaire Boy look.
Or draw a giant playing card on a large white T-shirt and match with black leggings for a playing card solider from Alice In Wonderland.
Don’t want to be a specific character? Be a dictionary.
Write “Oxford English Dictionary” on the front of a white T-shirt, then in smaller writing add rows of other words.
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